Over the last seven years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has carried out what the Wall Street Journal calls “a regulatory spree unprecedented in human history.” And while this regulatory initiative would damage the overall American economy, Texas—the nation’s energy powerhouse—sits in the crosshairs of the EPA’s crusade. Below are some of the regulatory attacks on Texas that, in addition to the Clean Power Plan, are negatively affecting the welfare of Texans.
Fool Me Twice: Why the Texas Grid is Still Vulnerable to Winter Storms | Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem
Part 3: How Texas Can Solve Its Winter Reliability Problem Five years after Winter Storm Uri, the ERCOT grid is still not ready for the next major winter storm. The first two installments of this series showed that demand has grown more than 20% since 2021 while firm generation capacity has barely budged, and the...